Christie defends attack on Jill Biden: 'That's the truth'

Chris Christie stood by his attack on first lady Jill Biden the morning after the second GOP debate, saying that his remarks were “the truth.”

On Wednesday night, the former New Jersey governor slammed President Joe Biden for “sleeping with a member of the teachers union” — referring to the first lady, who has a doctoral degree in education and has been a teacher for over 30 years — and said because of their marriage, the union has “an advocate inside the White House every day for the worst of their teachers, not for their students to be the best they can be.”

In an interview with CNN Thursday morning, host Poppy Harlow noted how women widely viewed his comments as offensive. When asked if he stood by the remarks, Christie doubled down.

“Well that's the truth, isn't it?” he said, interrupting Harlow and calling the first lady “a radical advocate for the worst in the teachers union.”

Harlow pointed to a social media post from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) Wednesday night calling Christie's remarks “disgusting, misogynistic, and if Republicans want to continue pissing off an entire nation of women, please be my guest.”

“I am standing by the wording,” Christie said. “Being called disgusting by a hypocrite like Ocasio-Cortez is the highlight of my day so far.”